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... then we had lunch at a Bob Marley themed beach cafe. They were playing a lot of reggae music (mainly Bob Marley) which wasnt a bad ting! The food was good and the place was massively chilled. We walked the rest of the perimeter of the island after lunch - mainly deserted areas (sadly there was a lot of delapidated buildings on the island) apart from the turtle sanctuary. This place is run by one guy (apparently the rest of the island think he's mad) who collects turtle ...

... to having conversations with them and discussing all the challenges they must have faced in building a small resort on an island in Indonesia. I certainly haven't seen any Rona or Home Depots around so I can only imagine how difficult it would be to do a project in a country so far from home. Brandon and Erin, the owners, greeted us warmly when we arrived. Interestingly, Brandon is semi-famous back home as he is the guy that Molson Canadian made the 'Anything for Hockey ...

Christine does not like mornings. So after a lovely lie in i was confronted by an over eager waiter who intended to become my manager since i look so much like Adele i must be able to sing. How anyone could fail to read the signals and initiate such a conversation with me before 11 is quite beyond me. So pretty much straight after breakfast it was kick off time for the AFL GrandFinal. We headed to a bar called ...

... Weather was perfect, food was tasty, beer was ice cold and the classic old tunes kept a smile on your face as you remembered the good old days. After having signed in at Manta Dive centre for a couple of dives the following day and walking the strip I found a very cozy and more quiet place to relax for the afternoon. I had just bought a new novel and was looking forward to some quiet time with my book and iPod. This only lasted maybe an hour before I was being tapped ...

... had settled into the caldera the sights were still breathtaking (well I didn’t have much breath left so…). I was really happy to have made the first day at my pace and to have not been affected by the billy goats at the front of the pack. Although it was in that moment that I realized it was just going to be me and those billy goats the rest of the way…yikes! Not thinking about tomorrow just yet, despite seeing the long road ahead and ...